National Assessment of Educational Progress in Ohio

2022 NAEP Assessment Results Released October 24, 2022

National Prospective

National results show the largest decline ever in mathematics scores since the initial administration in 1990. Results declined in most states for fourth and eighth grade reading and mathematics.  

Ohio Results

The 2022 NAEP was administered January through mid-March 2022. Approximately 9700 Ohio students participated in the assessment. Ohio students scored above the national public-school average in both fourth-grade and eighth-grade mathematics and not significantly different than the national average in reading. Similar to national results, Ohio 2022 NAEP student performance declined compared to 2019.  


The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), often referred to as The Nation’s Report Card, is the only nationally representative and continuous assessment of what America's students know and are able to do in various subject areas. As a congressionally mandated project of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) within the U.S. Department of Education, NAEP provides a comprehensive measure of students' learning at critical junctures in their school experiences. NAEP plays an integral role in evaluating the conditions and progress of the nation's and individual state's education of students at grades four, eight and twelve. The reading and mathematics assessments for grades four and eight are administered in all states on a regular two-year cycle.

NAEP began in 1969 as a national measure of student progress in reading, mathematics, science, writing, U.S. history, geography, civics and the arts. State assessments in reading, mathematics, science, and writing began in 1990. NAEP also periodically conducts special studies such as the High School Transcript Study and a Technology Based Assessment project.

Since it is a sample assessment, NAEP does not provide results for individual students, schools or districts. Schools are selected through demographic sampling, and students are selected through random sampling. Because no student takes a complete NAEP assessment, individual results are not possible. In addition, most schools and districts do not have enough students participating to obtain results on those levels.

NAEP is administered by contractor staff, so teachers and other school personnel are not responsible for giving the assessment. Most of the field staff are retired Ohio educators and go through a thorough background check before being hired. Contractor staff allows NAEP to be conducted with less of a time commitment on the part of the selected schools. As of 2017, NAEP is digital-based with times varying from about 90 to 120 minutes.

Ohio Policy Regarding NAEP Participation

The No Child Left Behind and Every Student Succeeds Act mandated that all states and districts receiving Title I funding must participate in the biennial NAEP assessments in reading and mathematics in grades 4 and 8, effective with the 2003 NAEP assessment. In addition, Ohio law requires participation of all selected Ohio schools in any NAEP assessment.

NAEP 2022-2023 ASSESSMENTS

The NAEP 2022-2023 administration includes following assessments: 

October 10 to December 16, 2022 

  • National long-term trend mathematics and reading assessments: students age 13 

March 20 to April 14, 2023 

  • National Field Test mathematics and reading assessments: grades 4 and 12 
  • National Field Test mathematics, reading and science assessments: grade 8

NAEP 2023-2024 ASSESSMENTS 

The NAEP 2023-2024 administration includes following assessments:  

January 29 to March 8, 2024  
  • State-level mathematics and reading assessments: grades 4, 8 and 12
  • National mathematics and reading assessment: grade 12 
  • National science assessment: grade  8
  • Pilot test: grade 4 and 8 
  • High School Transcript Study: grade 12 

NAEP Documents

Click on the links below to open the document about NAEP:

  • An Introduction to NAEP
  • Schedule of Assessments
  • Facts for Districts
  • NAEP 2024 in Your School
    • NAEP 2024 in Your School, Grade 4 and 8 Math and Reading 
    •  NAEP 2024 in Your School, Grade 8 Science 
    •  NAEP 2024 in Your School, Grade 12 Math and Reading 
    • NAEP 2024 in Your School, Pilots  
  • NAEP 2024 Facts for Teachers
  • NAEP State Guidelines for 2024
 

Last Modified: 12/19/2023 11:59:58 AM